A little disturbing...

Most reviewers don't know how to optimize drivers or tweak settings, which is especially important for SLI. Hell, I look at a lot of SLI notebooks a few weeks back and some of them still default coming with Vista; Vista's SLI support is atrocious.

I wouldn't worry too much, just look at 3dmark score (from some other notebook SLI reviews) AND hardware specs of those sli 7950 notebook cards and you'll see they are beasts...pretty much same spec as single gtx yet pulling ~10k in 3dmark06

A more correct way of saying this is "Nobody knows what form factor or cooling Dell is going to use". Dell has all of their GPUs and heatsink custom made to their own form factor. To other companies they're just going to be MXM chips. They will use the same form factor and cooling as the rest of their chips.

physics

I agree its all physics if you have more of a surface area exposed on the video cards the better the heat exchange will occur with the cards That how you put to cards in a 17" notebook.PLus having a fan on both vid cards allows the heat to escape the computer which doesnt allow heat to build up..

still remember the post where that guy said he had ordered one....priceless

Although the link above has the additional data of Sager saying that the quad core should not be used in their laptop designs.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=129932

Yes. Two 7950s is two hot parts. One 8800 is one hotter part.

instead of one big vid card if you have two vid cards that are smaller there is more of a surface area on them to cool them down and exchange heat with the surrounding air..

The pioneercomputers website also now shows that availability on the 8800go parts to be Q4, 2007.

Quote #10073
DreamBook Power M57R Santa Rosa

Configuration Summary
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz 4M L2 Processor T7700 64 bit 800Mhz Santa Rosa
Display
17" Widescreen WUXGA+ (1920x1200) TFT Screen
Graphics
nVidia GeForce Go 8800 GTX 512MB PCI Express Graphics
NB Memory
2GB (2 x 1GB) 667MHz DDR2 RAM
2.5" Hard Drive
100GB 7,200RPM Serial-ATA Hard Drive
2.5" Hard Drive 2
100GB 7,200RPM Serial-ATA Hard Drive
HD Raid (Same HDs only)
None
HD Partition
Single Partition
Integrated Options
802.11B/G Wireless Module
Internal Optical Drive
8x DVD-/+RW Dual Layer Drive
USB Optical Drive
None
Operating System
Ubuntu Linux OS Pre-loaded
Carry Bag
Pioneer Standard Notebook Carry Bag
Warranty Options
Pioneer DreamCare 1 Year On-Site Pickup and Return Warranty
Production Lead Time
Pre-Order Now
Freight
Couriers Please Express (for all PC & notebook, up to 20kg per box, Sydney Metro)
RRP (Ex-GST)
$4,790
GST
$479
Total Amount
$5,269

1. All sales subject to Pioneer Computers terms and conditions of sale. You can find them by clicking on the "Terms and Conditions of Sale" located at the bottom of each page on our website, or upon request.
2. Standard turn around time for built-to-order systems is 3-5 working days subject to stock availability.
3. This quotation is valid for 14 days from 7/11/2007 7:11:56 AM only.

Anyone notice the two ranges that claim to have these graphics are the DreamBook and the Phantom?

Great names.

I'd like to announce the immediate formation of Vapour Computers. We will be taking pre-orders for the Insubstantial Ghost laptop - the most powerful laptop in the world - with SLI 8800 Ultra overclocked GPUs, twin quad-core processors, and five 2.5" hot-swappable disks in RAID-5 as standard.

Pre-orders are subject to immediate credit-card debit and are 100% nonrefundable in the case of the parts being illusory or the company disappearing up its own ass and refusing to answer mail or phone queries. 35% sales tax not included. Free shipping! Nigerian law applies.

I'll take two.